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It appears that 2017 was a great year for Apple, Google and mobile users alike, at least according to the latest report from research company SensorTower. The report claims mobile users spent no less than $58.6 billion on apps and games last year via in-app purchases, subscriptions, and premium apps on both the App Store and Google Play. Suffice to say that’s a 35% increase over 2016.

Although App Store at about every category, there’s one where Google Play is far ahead of Apple’s applications store: first-time app installs. The report published recently by SensorTower …

We’ve already reported about the latest update HTC released for its Edge Launcher app earlier today, but here is another app that has probably gone unnoticed by many HTC smartphone users. The new app is, in fact, a tool called HTC Screen Capture, which does exactly that, but with a twist.

Besides being able to capture screenshots from your smartphone, you can also edit them or add text and drawings. Once you take a screenshot, a menu will pop up with options like Scroll, Partial, Edit, Share, and Save.

LG today released Wallet – a new Android app presented as a “secure
mobile payment application for LG’s premium mobile handsets.” What’s
really interesting about this app is that, according to its description, it can be used only on an LG G7 (at least at this moment).

Of course, an LG G7 doesn’t exist yet, or not commercially
anyway. We are expecting a G7 to be introduced in the coming months (as a
successor to last year’s G6), but the device will likely be released under a
different name, as LG is looking to refresh its flagship phone naming scheme. Most
probably, the description …

It looks like Motorola has finally kicked off the roll-out of Android 7.1.1 Nougat update for the Moto G4 Play. The last major OS update the smartphone will receive is now available for download to unlocked Moto G4 Play units around the world.

Unlike the Moto G4 and G4 Plus that got a similar update last year, Moto G4 Play owners had to wait several more months to get the benefits of Android Nougat. Some of you might remember that Motorola started to push Android Nougat to the Moto G4 Play back in June, but for some reason, the update was only available to a small percentage of users.

Prisma has just joined the esteemed group of Android apps that have been downloaded more than 50 million times. Initially launched on the iOS platform, Prisma made its debut in the Google Play Store back in July 2016.

In less than one year and a half, Prisma exceeded the 50 million downloads mark, an impressive achievement coming from such a small company. Even though it’s one of the most popular Android apps, we can’t help but wonder how many of you are still using Prisma to turn your photos into awesome artworks.

Popular mobile game HQ Trivia has finally made its debut on the Android platform after a short beta testing period. Although the game shows as “unreleased” in the Google Play Store, it appears that everyone can download and play it.

HQ Trivia has quickly become a phenomenon after being released on the iOS since it’s one of the few mobile games that allows players to win real money. If you make it to the end of the game and you collect at least $20, you can actually transfer the money to your Paypal account.

Here is an opportunity for you to save 40% on the first-generation Moto Z Play. B&H is offering the phone for $269.99, which is a whopping $180 off of the usual $449.99 price. Powered by the Snapdragon 625 chipset, the Moto Z Play has superb battery life thanks to the use of this power sipping SoC and the inclusion of a 3510mAh battery. The 5.5-inch AMOLED display carries a 1080 x 1920 FHD resolution. 3GB of RAM is inside along with 32GB of native storage, and the camera combo weighs in at 16MP in back and 5MP in front.

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, the latest turn-based strategy in the series, is now available on the Apple iPad.

Civilization VI arrives on the iPad quite unexpectedly, but it is a game that is worth playing. Named best strategy game of 2016 by The Game Awards, Civilization VI is a game about building a civilization that will last through time. You start off the game with the earliest stages of a civilization, back in the Stone Age, and advance it all the way until the modern information age. From war, diplomacy, and development of a culture, …

The unlocked Moto Z2 Play was among the smartphones discounted during the holiday season, so customers could get one for as low as $350 ($150 off). However, if you want an even cheaper Moto Z2 Play you can get one from Verizon, but only for a limited time.

First off, it’s worth mentioning Verizon is selling the Moto Z2 Play for a lower retail price than the unlocked version. Customers can purchase the Verizon Moto Z2 Play for $408 outright or $17 per month for 24-months.

The good news is you can get the Verizon Moto Z2 Play for just $240 ($168 off), but you’ll …

This year has been big for tech. So big, in fact, that electronics’ sales grew 7.5% over the holidays. This may not sound like much, but has in fact been the largest such increase in a decade, meaning that there was quite a lot of gear under those Christmas trees that will have to be opened, set up, and apps and games have to be loaded on it. Case in point – the Nintendo and Sony servers went down yesterday, as millions of folks tried to log in or register accounts simultaneously.

Last year, the Christmas weekend saw app sales shoot through the roof at a 52% increase over the previous one, …